EP0280836A2 - Assemblage de connecteur pour la connexion avec interrupteurs, appareils électriques modulaires etc. - Google Patents

Assemblage de connecteur pour la connexion avec interrupteurs, appareils électriques modulaires etc. Download PDF

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EP0280836A2
EP0280836A2 EP87830252A EP87830252A EP0280836A2 EP 0280836 A2 EP0280836 A2 EP 0280836A2 EP 87830252 A EP87830252 A EP 87830252A EP 87830252 A EP87830252 A EP 87830252A EP 0280836 A2 EP0280836 A2 EP 0280836A2
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Carlo Apostolo
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B—BOARDS, SUBSTATIONS OR SWITCHING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE SUPPLY OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02B1/00—Frameworks, boards, panels, desks, casings; Details of substations or switching arrangements
    • H02B1/20—Bus-bar or other wiring layouts, e.g. in cubicles, in switchyards
    • H02B1/205—Bus-bar or other wiring layouts, e.g. in cubicles, in switchyards for connecting electrical apparatus mounted side by side on a rail
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R27/00—Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts

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  • the present invention relates to a conductor assembly comprising several conductive strips or bars in a common insulating housing for connection to electrical switches, modular electrical apparatus and the like.
  • Such connector assemblies often called connector bars, are currently widely used as conductors for services and as distribution lines for industrial installations. It is often required to make branching connections to such connector bars but conventional connector supply bars until now used in commerce do not have means by which this can be achieved readily whilst maintaining the required degree of protection demanded by the current rules of unification.
  • Known connector bars thus have limitations of a functional type. In particular, depending on the installation to which the connector bar is to be fitted, it has to be made specifically as a bipolar, tripolar, or quadripolar connector and there is no convenient way in which a connector bar, once made, can be changed, or in which a connector bar can be modified after it has been put into service if the operating conditions should change.
  • a conventional connector bar made for example for three phase use, it is not possible to eliminate one of the conductors to make it subsequently suitable for single-phase use.
  • connector bars currently in use only have means for connecting the supply in parallel to one or more branches with a consequent limitation on the distribution capacity.
  • the object of the present invention is that of eliminating the above-indicated disadvantages by providing a connector bar structure for the supply of electrical switches, modular electrical apparatus or the like, to which the electrical supply can be connected both to the ends of each individual bar or to the branches of the conductive bars themselves.
  • a conductive bar structure for connection to electrical switches or modular electrical apparatus, characterised in that it comprises two or more electrically conductive strips or bars housed in an elongate insulating casing which is open along one side and closable by a removable cover having a plurality of slots lying parallel to its longitudinal axis, the said bars being separated from one another within the casing by longitudinally extending insulating partitions defining guide channels within which the bars are lodged, and each bar having a plurality of lateral projections lying in a plane parallel to the general plane of the bar itself, the said projections being selectively removable from the associated bar and being spaced from one another along the bar by the same spacing as that between adjacent longitudinal slots in the said cover.
  • a particular advantage of the present invention is that it provides a conductive bar structure for the electrical supply of switches and modular electrical apparatus which can be produced in bipolar, tripolar, or quadripolar form as desired.
  • Another advantage of the present invention is that it provides a conductive bar structure for the electrical supply of switches and modular electrical apparatus, in which the branches can have a selected polarity sequence, and in which changes in polarity are possible.
  • the connector bar structure for the supply of electrical switches or modular electrical apparatus constituting the subject of the present invention comprises two or more rectilinear conductive strips or bars 1 intended to be housed in corresponding adjacent channels 2 defined by a casing 3 in the form of an elongate member open along one side.
  • the casing 3 has two sides provided with enlarged edges 4 shaped in such a way as to be able to snap-engage a cover 5 along the longitudinal axis of which are formed a plurality of regularly spaced axially extending slots 6.
  • the said strips or bars have a plurality of projections 7 extending in a regularly spaced array from one side.
  • the ends 8 of the said projections 7 are suitably shaped and their spacing is correlated to the spacing of the slots 6.
  • the width of each lateral projection 6 is such that it can project through a slot 6 to enable an electrical connection to be made thereto.
  • each projection 7 is offset slightly from the general plane of the strip or bar 1 itself by a different amount for each bar 1 to correspond to the lateral spacing of a respective channel 2 of the casing from the longitudinal centre line at which the slots 6 are located, and each projection 7 has a weakened line 7 ⁇ close to its root to allow any unwanted projections to be broken off easily.
  • This weakened, pre-fracture line 7 ⁇ is not so weak as to jeopardise the normal working of the connector, however.
  • the said casing 3 receives two, three or four conductive strips or bars 1 according as it is desired to provide a bipolar, tripolar, or quadripolar distribution structure.
  • any unwanted projections can be removed easily and the surplus connections which have been removed are indicated in Figure 3 in broken outline and identified with the reference numeral 7 ⁇ .
  • Some of the strips or bars 1 have a connector tab 9 at one end for connection to an electrical supply, although it will be appreciated that electrical supply may be equally well made by connection to one of the lateral projections 7 either instead of or as well as connection to a terminal tab 9 at the end. This allows higher ratings to be achieved without overheating.

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EP87830252A 1987-03-03 1987-07-02 Assemblage de connecteur pour la connexion avec interrupteurs, appareils électriques modulaires etc. Withdrawn EP0280836A3 (fr)

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IT2100087U 1987-03-03
IT2100087U IT209984Z2 (it) 1987-03-03 1987-03-03 Struttura comprendente piu' sbarre conduttrici, connesse in un sistema polifase, per l'alimentazione di interruttori e di apparecchiature modulari.

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EP0280836A2 true EP0280836A2 (fr) 1988-09-07
EP0280836A3 EP0280836A3 (fr) 1990-03-14

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Cited By (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2223630A (en) * 1988-08-26 1990-04-11 Lucas Ind Plc A bus bar having a number of electrical contacts
FR2664755A1 (fr) * 1990-07-16 1992-01-17 Schrack Components Ag Systeme de rails de raccordement.
US5295842A (en) * 1991-06-25 1994-03-22 Yazaki Corporation Electric junction box

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US2720632A (en) * 1949-05-12 1955-10-11 Frank Adam Electric Co Bus duct and branch circuit connector for power distribution systems
FR2537377B1 (fr) * 1982-12-06 1985-07-05 Hager Electro Dispositif d'alimentation ou de pontage pour appareils electriques modulaires juxtaposes et elements de ce dispositif

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2223630A (en) * 1988-08-26 1990-04-11 Lucas Ind Plc A bus bar having a number of electrical contacts
GB2223630B (en) * 1988-08-26 1992-07-15 Lucas Ind Plc Improvements relating to a bus bar having a number of electrical contacts
FR2664755A1 (fr) * 1990-07-16 1992-01-17 Schrack Components Ag Systeme de rails de raccordement.
US5295842A (en) * 1991-06-25 1994-03-22 Yazaki Corporation Electric junction box

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EP0280836A3 (fr) 1990-03-14
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